Combined buckle and cockeye.



UNITED STATES Patented May 24, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

FREDERICK W. HAWES, OF HENRYETTA, INDIAN TERRITORY.

COMBINED BUCKLE AND COCKEYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,987, dated May 24,1904.

Application filed June 11, 1903. Serial No. 160,976. (No model.)

To 01. whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. HAwEs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Henryetta, in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, haveinvented a new andlmproved Combined Buckleand Cockeye, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to harness connections, and has for its object toprovide simple and novel means for the connection of the cockeye of atrace to a buckle adapted to be adjustably connected with the rear endof the trace, so as to permit lengthening or shortening the trace at itsrear end and dispensing with the ordinary'buckled connection of thetrace with a collar or breast-band of the harness.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention, showing the preferredconstruction for a heavy buckle and cockeye connected with the rear endof a draft-trace; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewsubstantially on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

The trace 10 is of the usual construction and formed ofleather, having aseries of suitable perforations a formed therein at proper intervalsnear the rear end or extremity that is coupled with a swingletree whenan animal Whereon the harness is placed is hitched to a vehicle.

The buckle shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is particularly Well adapted for heavyharness used to connect a draft-animal with a loaded wagon or to anyvehicle or load to be drawn and comprises the following details: Thebuckle- -frame 11 is oblong and substantially rectangular, comprisingthe side bars 6, that are spaced apart in'parallel planes, so as toloosely receive the trace 10 between them by the spaced cross-bars b band also by a cross-bar c, whereon the tongue-post d is erected at thetransverse center of the buckle-frame. The side members 6 of thebuckle-frame 11 are'integrally extended at one end thereof, and theseextensions are preferably curved downward from the nearest cross-bar I),thus disposing the cross-bar 6 in substantially the same plane with thetongue-supporting bar 0, that is below the plane of the cross-bars b, sothat the trace 10 may be readily introduced between the latter and thebars 0 b for an engagement with the tongue-post d, that may be insertedthrough any one of the spaced perforations a, and thus changeably securethe buckle-frame upon the trace 10. At a proper distance from thecross-bar b the extensions 11 of the side bars I; are integrally mergedinto a hook member 11, that is curved upward and somewhat rearward ortoward the cross-bar 6 The oockeye or link that affords means to connectthe buckle-frame and trace with a swingletree is preferably formed asshown, consisting of an ovate-shaped ring 12, that at the smaller end ofits eye is integrally connected with a cross-bar 12, from which extendsat each end the parallel side bars 12 that are joined together at theirends by the cylindrical coupling-bar 12.

In Figs. 1 and 2, which show the construction preferred'when the deviceis to be employed for heavy harness and must be capable of resisting thedraft strain produced by 'a heavy load drawn with the traces 10, thecoupling-links 13 may with advantage be utilized, these links servingtoreinforce the hook 11 and to this end have a loose engagement with thecoupling-bar 12 and with the side-bar extensions 11, where the hook isconnected thereto, so that when draft strain is imposed on the cockeyeand buckle-frame the hook connection between said parts, together withthe links 13, will be adapted to resist breakage of' the hook and at thesame time afford a flexible connection between the cockeye andbuckle-frame.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The combination with a buckle-frame, comprising twoside bars, two end cross-bars, a tongue-bar engaging the side barsbetween the end bars, and a tongue projected upward from the tongue-bar,of a hook formed on the extended ends of the side bars, a cockeye-ringhaving a hinge-loop at one end, and means for loosely connecting thehinge-loop with the hook.

2. The combination with a buckle-frame, having two side bars, two spacedcross-bars on one edgeof' said side bars, a tongue-bar disposedintermediate the cross-bars on the opposite edges of the side bars, saidside bars having integral extensions from one end of each bar, and ahook formed integral with the ends of the side-bar extensions andprojecting toward the tongue-bar, ofa cockeye-ring having two parallelspaced members extended from the cockeye-ring, and a cylindricalcoupling-bar extended between the spaced members on the eoekeye-ring,said bar having rocking engagement with the hook.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK W. HAWES.

Witnesses:

J AS. HAwEs, G. D. SMITH.

